Quotes About Dedication

you only know you can do something if you keep on doing it

can work, I know it can. Jeremiah and I will make it work just like they did.

He's a really good Dad. And he tries hard. He doesn't always understand us, but he tries, and that's the important thing.

and when I visited, I knew I wanted to be there. Not with one foot in and one foot out, you know?

Why bother doing something if you're only going to do it halfway?

You only know id you can do something if you keep doing it.

That's when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore.

It wasn't the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not anymore.

Do you remember that? You stayed with me and you pushed me back to shore, and the whole time, you kept saying, 'We're almost there,' and I believed it. I believed it because you were the one who was saying it, and I believed everything you ever said.

And you've been a big help, but I think there are other things you could be focusing on that are more worthy of your time.

A lot of people think Formula One isn't a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we're pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles.

I've spent as much as 30 grand on a watch but it's not about flaunting my wealth. I don't have many extravagances but watches are my biggest one. I must have 30 of them now. I've been collecting since the age of nine, when I won a black TAG in a karting event.

I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.

In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.

What matters to me is learning and growing, and getting to do what I love to do. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.

I believe in a higher power, and I don't think She'd want us to accept mediocrity. I don't mean that everyone needs to dream of space, or scientific breakthroughs, or changing the whole world. Just that everyone should do what they love and do it as best they can. Whether you're surfing, teaching, or collecting trash—and want to be—hold your head high and kick ass.

I'm a dad now and whatever I'm doing in life I usually put a lot of effort into it - usually too much effort, so it kind of comes off ridiculous at times.

only three ingredients are needed to be a successful fundraiser: Hard work, hard work, and hard work.

The successful fundraiser is the one who is disappointed by almost all that he does. Nothing is good enough. The gift isn't large enough, the presentation wasn't dramatic enough. But he will go on, persevere, work even harder to meet his high expectations.

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

No life is messier than one in ministry

Many people will profess faithfulness, but few will demonstrate it. The virtue of faithfulness is often costly, and few people are willing to pay the price. But for the godly person, faithfulness is an absolutely essential quality of his character, regardless of what it might cost.

There's a direct correlation between faith in the righteousness of Christ and zeal in the cause of Christ. The more a person counts as loss his own righteousness and lays hold by faith of the righteousness of Christ, the more he'll be motivated to live and work for Christ.